[zesty]

Mines made that noise, it had moved off the spindle slightly and the plastic casing was rubbing against the frame…

What resulted?

Pushed it back onto the spindle frame properly, also ordering a new belt as it’s starting to slip now, even after belt adjustment.

[jonboywalton75]

Went to window cleaning warehouse and got 2 belts for £11 each, used YouTube to fit it

[zesty]

My pure freedom reelmaster is over 4 years old now.....

It's never missed a beat in all that time apart from the first week of buying it(chain kept coming off)....

I'd hate to have to mess about changing belts,fuses,switches,etc all the time...

The  powerup reels are simply not robust enough for the rigours of day to day  WFP window cleaning

In fairness to Daz, it is always the 3d reels that seem to have issues.

I think when I buy again, I’ll be going for a pure freedom reel. My 3d has been good, but it’s not as reliable as I’d want. Having to change the belt, and then the spindle issue is really annoying. Sounds like the pure freedom one is pretty much bullet proof, you rarely ever hear anyone starting a thread with issues with it.

Having said that, if the 3d becomes more reliable, then I’d stick with it.

[Splash & dash]

My pure freedom reelmaster is over 4 years old now.....

It's never missed a beat in all that time apart from the first week of buying it(chain kept coming off)....

I'd hate to have to mess about changing belts,fuses,switches,etc all the time...

The  powerup reels are simply not robust enough for the rigours of day to day  WFP window cleaning

In fairness to Daz, it is always the 3d reels that seem to have issues.

I think when I buy again, I’ll be going for a pure freedom reel. My 3d has been good, but it’s not as reliable as I’d want. Having to change the belt, and then the spindle issue is really annoying. Sounds like the pure freedom one is pretty much bullet proof, you rarely ever hear anyone starting a thread with issues with it.

Having said that, if the 3d becomes more reliable, then I’d stick with it.

Trust me the pure freedom reels aren’t trouble free either I have had several issues that resulted in having to send them back to the factory , I have 6 waterworks 3 D reels and 2 pure freedom , the pure freedom are well over engineered  but still fundamentally flawed in their design, just one example , the plate that you need to remove to replace the chain or put it back on the cigs when it comes off is on the inside of the frame so you have to remove all the hose  ti get to it and do anything then the drum end is also in the way , a simple solution would be have the outside end removable  but no they make it as complicated and awkward as possible. There are many other issues as well that could be greatly improved. I have had more problems with the pure freedom reels than all the 3 D ones put together , I di like the pure freedom reels though just they need to listen to constructive criticism and alter there design.

[High-Tower]

I would bet that the 3d reels are way more common too, due to being more affordable. About £250 less than the reelmasters currently.

[the king]

anyone tryed the xline one looks good but of kit